Considerably Too Much

Started following this Andy Zax (American music historian and a Grammy-nominated producer of music reissues) after this very funny tweet I saw:

Today seems like an opportune moment to revisit my 2011 evisceration of–I'm summoning my inner Mad Magazine here–Lady Antebelleccch. (art: @mohawkstreet) pic.twitter.com/qeZ5orqmy7

— Andy Zax (@andyzax) July 8, 2020

So I looked through his other recent tweets and saw a response to someone stating that Their Satanic Majesties Request is the best Rolling Stones album:

This is patent nonsense.

(There is an arguable case to be made that "We Love You," which should have appeared on Satanic Majesties, is the best Rolling Stones single, but still.) https://t.co/zXyLisUs4W

— Andy Zax (@andyzax) June 19, 2020

I had never heard We Love You. This song is dope. The wikipedia article lists a quote from Melody Maker saying it was “too much,” but I disagree. John and Paul on the backup vocals. Brian Jones on Mellotron. Nicky Hopkins (just learned who he was, more on that later) on a great piano hook:

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